From pre-Google SEO to AI: What Heather Lloyd-Martin says still matters
After recessions, algorithm shifts and AI disruption, this search veteran explains why persuasive, people-first content endures.
Topic: History of the Internet
Matt McGee on the Wild West days of SEO
Matt was also the former Editor-in-Chief at Search Engine Land, so this interview is full of great SEO topics.
The origins of SEO and what they mean for GEO and AIO
The story of how SEO got its name reveals why AI-era acronyms – AIO, GEO, AEO – face the same challenges of credit, clarity, and consensus.
This day in search marketing history: February 29
Spreading Santorum drops on Google, plus: Bing artificially increases market share, local mobile search in apps, Susan Wojcicki and more.
Google Search at 25: SEO experts share memorable moments
Celebrate Google's 25th birthday with SEO stories from industry veterans, exploring challenges, lessons, and the future of search.
This day in search marketing history: March 27
Google research finds a #1 organic ranking can still benefit from PPC, plus: RIP Blekko, authorship, Google robots.txt generator and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 22
Google AdWords forces use of call extensions, plus: zero-click searches, rel=next/prev apology, PC search query volumes peak and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 21
No more rel=next/prev support on Google, plus: CTR patent, neural matching versus RankBrain, Google wins KinderStart case and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 18
Learn what happened on this day in search marketing history – including developments in SEO, PPC, search and digital marketing.
This day in search marketing history: March 16
Google to sunset Universal Analytics, plus: Google's doorway page penalty, over-optimization, Chrome’s paid link penalty ends and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 15
Spurious SEO trademark claim fails, plus: core updates named, EU wants Google's ranking factors, BBC link penalty and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 11
Google officially acquires DoubleClick, plus: how dates in Google snippets work, nofollowing links, interest-based advertising and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 10
Google and Bing exception lists, plus: key moments, HTTPS URLs not showing, Google's block sites feature, searchers ignore PPC ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 8
RIP Google PageRank score, plus: member of SEO community killed in Ukraine, Google's Full Coverage feature, Google penalizes itself, and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 7
Landing page load time added to Google Quality Score, plus: Broad Core Algorithm Updates, bogus Domain Authority pitches, and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 6
Google Webmaster Tools adds user administration, plus: no click search study, Trusted Stores program shuttering and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 3
Google Panda name revealed, plus: desktop page experience update completes rollout, Interflora gets its Google rankings back and more.
This day in search marketing history: March 1
Google publishes Search quality rating guidelines, plus: Ginny Marvin joins Google, AdWords Price Extensions, click fraud and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 28
R.I.P., DMOZ, plus: Multifaceted featured snippets, Google's non-answer on CTR, voice search ranking factors and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 23
Google penalizes Natural News, plus: Google AdSense separates YouTube earnings, BrightEdge acquires Oncrawl, florist war on AdWords and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 20
Google stops supporting meta news keywords tag, plus: Google Ads tweaks mobile speed score algorithm, Voluntary Code of Practice and more
This day in search marketing history: February 19
Google removes right sidebar ads, plus: Bing Webmaster tools refresh, YMYL ranking weights, hreflang notifications and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 18
Yahoo stops using Google search, plus: Core Web Vitals, RSAs become default, Google Shopping Campaigns For PLAs and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 17
Microsoft introduces the Bing Network, plus: Standard Shopping campaigns, Google Panda eats Demand Media, Google Social Search and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 16
Google says avoid link building, plus: Conductor buys ContentKing, Google shows less than 10 results, Forbes paid links, and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 15
Google explains how to hire an SEO, plus: mass search ad disapprovals, Marin IPO, Google blurs paid and unpaid results (again) and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 14
Google Webmaster Tools comes out of beta, plus: Chrome's personal blocklist, AdWords video ads and quality score updates and more
This day in search marketing history: February 11
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft, plus: passage ranking goes live, Google's SEO consulting services, Google Japan's link penalty and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 9
Google Buzz launches, plus: Bing Ads outage, Google search time capsule, Adwords yellow ads return, Yahoo rejecting Microsoft and more
This day in search marketing history: February 7
Noogler spreads SEO myths, plus: Google posts rejected, Enhanced Campaign reactions, algorithm suggestions, Super Bowls and more
This day in search marketing history: February 6
AdWords announces Enhanced Campaigns, plus: more Google Shopping ads, Toolbar PageRank, GSC updates, AMP change and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 4
MicroHoo Day 4, plus: Google expands phrase match, Google Adds JSON-LD support, reconsideration requests and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 3
How Google uses AI in search, plus: an unconfirmed Google algorithm update, Amit Singhal leaving Google, bad ads and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 2
Google's revamped Partners program, plus: Bing again denies copying Google results, YouTube using Amazon's algorithm and more.
This day in search marketing history: February 1
Bing accused of copying Google's search results, plus: Microsoft tries to buy Yahoo, about this result, fake locksmith issues and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 30
Jumpshot shuts down, plus: Google publishes featured snippet guide, Universal Search expands, local reviews in Google search and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 28
Featured snippets introduced, plus: Hamlet Batista passes away, Google buys DeepMind, Google ad labeling and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 26
LinkedIn Ads launches, plus: holiday retail insights, crappy results, Google Panda 3.2, sitemap testing, DuckDuckGo and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 24
Google Ads experts managing your campaigns, plus: favicons, Google organic search CTRs decline, Bing Ads Automated Imports and more.
This day in search marketing history: January 23
Expedia buys Travelocity, plus: Don't Be Evil tool, semantic search, Position 6 penalty, unlimited site exclusions and more.